Adalynn's 1st Birthday!

Happy First Birthday to my sweet baby girl, Adalynn Hope!

Adalynn's birthday was Wednesday, June 26. We celebrated her birthday with our family and friends on the Saturday before which was also my dad's 72nd birthday! I couldn't have asked for a more perfect celebration! 

I searched blogs, Pinterest and Etsy shops for party themes and decoration ideas. Knowing this is my last baby, I wanted her first birthday to be perfect ;) 

I found a mason jar invitation I loved but couldn't decide between a "You are my Sunshine" or a "Pink Lemonade" theme. So A Stitch of Handmade on Etsy combined the two and made me a "Sunshine and Lemonade" party pack with invitations, cupcake toppers, water bottle labels and thank you party favors. I was thrilled with how it turned out! 

I made the rest of the decorations from fabric, ribbon, frames and cardboard letters from Hobby Lobby. 

This went on the front door but I didn't have a great picture of it there. 

When it came time for the cake Adalynn was excited to see what she was going to get after being put in her high chair. We got a beautiful and delicious smash cake from one of my favorite bakeries, Susie's Sweet Boutique in Roanoke. They couldn't have done a better job! 

            A little help from her sister!

    She decided she wanted to use a fork!     She wasn't very into getting messy.

My brother-in-law made this for Addy's party. I loved how it turned out. I didn't have a whole lot of luck getting her picture with it though.

          More interested in playing!

It was a wonderful day with our family and friends! So grateful for each of them!

On Adalynn's actual birthday my mom and I took her shoe shopping and then we met daddy for lunch at Corner bakery.

Thank you to my sister-in-law, Jenna, for Adalynn's  gorgeous dress and "squeak" shoes! Soooo stinkin' cute!

                 Trinity and Kambree 

    A little blurry but I love how much she enjoys playing with this little people doll house that both my other girls played with too. She is such a sweetheart and I'm so blessed to be her mommy!

So Much Fun! & a "Mommy Moment"

Look who's already 8 months old!!! She is a doll and is such a happy baby but she has become mobile and doesn't have much interest in sitting still for my photo shoots :) Adalynn has found her voice and we hear her rambling "mamama" and "dadada" for most of the day. I just want her to stay this age. She's so much fun! I don't look forward to the to toddler years. It seems that she might be a very opinionated little lady.

       


















So, I had a very embarrassing "mommy moment" yesterday. I was pumping gas at Costco with Adalynn while my little ones were at preschool. It was very cold and windy out so I got back inside the car and gave Addy a snack while the gas finished. I got out of the car and put the nozzle back at the pump and heard a "beep" sound assuming it was someone else's keyless entry. I got my receipt and went to get in and ALL the car doors were locked with my keys and cell phone sitting in the center console and my sweet little baby in the backseat!!!!! I started to panic and found the attendant explaining to him that I did NOT lock my car but somehow I heard the car beep and all the doors locked and that my baby was inside. He must of thought I mistakenly locked the doors before getting out and that I was nuts. He said he was going to call a locksmith and he paged the manager at the main store. There was no way I was going to sit here and wait on a locksmith......it was freezing and Adalynn was awake and beginning to cry! Of course this would happen when I don't have any of my other kids with me that could easily unlock the doors!

The nicest (and not to mention, very attractive) guy came over from Costco and called 911 telling them there was a child locked inside of the vehicle. They assured us the police would be right there. The man tried to comfort me telling me that I was not the first person that this has happened too. I felt the need to tell him that I didn't lock my keys in the car and have no idea how they locked after I got out with my remote entry inside the car. But, it really didn't matter at this point I just wanted them to hurry up and get the doors open! An ambulance showed up first, two paramedics hopped out and asked if I was ok. One of them said that thankfully it was a cold day and we didn't have to worry about Adalynn being overheated. They said it would be just a few more minutes before the truck got there and they could open the doors. Meanwhile at least a dozen cars line up to get gas as the police arrive. Now, there are about 6 police officers and paramedics around me (slightly excessive).  :) I was SO embarrassed!!! I had to fill out a form confirming that I owned the car and once the doors were opened they checked my drivers license to make sure I wasn't stealing the car or the baby. It just took 2-3 minutes for them to get the doors unlocked and there was Adalynn just sucking her thumb and staring out the window. They were all very, very kind! THANK YOU TO THE SOUTHLAKE POLICE!

The gas attendant said that he had seen cars being accidently locked by another person's keyless entry with the same make of vehicle. I don't know if he was just trying to make me feel better but I will NEVER close all my doors again when I only have Adalynn in the car!

Adalynn's nursery

I am so excited to share Adalynn's room! I looked and looked for inspiration for her nursery...it drove me to a bit of a Pinterest addiction! I was thrilled to finally have our own home so that I could do whatever I wanted to the room. I decided on aqua, coral, gray and white as the color scheme. My primary inspiration was a painted chevron wall I saw on a blog. It was a little intimidating after reading the "how to" but I decided to give it a try equipped with several rolls of painters tape and a yard stick.
Here's how it turned out......

                                                       I was pretty happy with it!


Then I picked these fabrics for the crib bedding and the window treatment. I am so blessed to have my sister-in-laws mother as a dear friend and she happens to be a very talented seamstress! So, I bought all the fabric for about $80 and she did the rest! :) These are the colors/fabrics I went with.

I made a few things for the walls and enlarged her newborn prints from Splendor Photography and attached them to canvas'. I also repurposed this old Ethan Allen dresser that was my husbands as a kid.

Cardboard letters from Hobby Lobby decoupaged with scrapbooking paper.

                         

      My sister-in-laws mom, Barbara, also recovered an old glider of mine in this gray and white                                                                             damask pattern. Looks SO much cuter!

And here's my little cutie that gets to enjoy her own room. Growing way too fast, 7 months old now!

Hope you like it as much as I do :)
~Erin